Global Eco – Circular Economy, Eco-Innovations, Sustainability

Global Eco is an international LEADER cooperation project funded by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development.

The project partners form a transnational network of information exchange. The main objective is to boost green economy and sustainable business in rural areas. In regional perspective, the project promotes Northern Satakunta as a bioregion that sets forth eco-innovations, self-sufficiency and green approaches, like local energy from renewable sources, local food and material circulation.

LAG Aktiivinen Pohjois-Satakunta ry coordinates the cooperation with the international partners:

MTÜ Lääne-Harju Koostöökogu (Western Harju Partnership), Estonia

LAG Aizkraukles rajona partnerība, Latvia

LAG AD ELO - Associação de Desenvolvimento Local da Bairrada e Mondego, Portugal

GAL Valle Umbra e Monti Sibillini, Italy

LAG Campidano, Italy

During the project, each partner will organize study trips in their own region.

1 - 5 Apr 2019 Study trip and seminar in Foligno Italy

Host of the event is GAL Valle Umbra e Sibillini. Themes: "Biodynamic farming - Circular economy in waste management - Hydrogen / Gas economy". The study trip includes benchmarking of bio and circular economy actions in local enterprices and farms.

AGENDA

1 April Travel to the venue
2 April
Seminar and partner meeting, Castello di Gallano
Benchmarking visits:
Biodynamic farm - Le due Torri, Spello
Social farm - La Semente, Spello
Organic wine farm - Di Filippo, Cannara
3 April
Benchmarking visits:
Demolition waste treatment plant - Valle Umbra Servizi, Misciano-Norcia
Compost-fertilizer and biomethane plant - Asja Ambiente Italia SpA, Casone-Foligno
Paper mill plant, Trevi
Promass (polystyrene production), Trevi
4 April Farewell

6 - 7 Feb 2019 EIP-AGRI workshop in Lithuania

Project Global Eco was presented as an innovative project in boosting farmers and foresters towards bioeconomy in the EIP-AGRI Workshop: Opportunities for farm diversification in the circular bioeconomy held in Lithuania on 6 - 7 February 2019. The main aim of the workshop was to look at the various business models farmers and foresters could potentially adopt to take advantage of the circular economy markets.

80 specialist of rural development from 16 EU countries participated in the event. The workshop was organised by the European Commission Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development and the EIP-AGRI Service Point, and hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania.

PROGRAMME AND PRESENTATIONS

BOOKLET of innovative projects presented at the workshop

CATALOGUE of 200 innovative projects presented at EIP-AGRI events in 2016 - 2019

22 Jan 2019 Biogas on farms - workshop Kankaanpää

PRESENTATIONS:

Profitability and various types of farm-size biogas plants: Mr. Markku Riihimäki - Specialist in bioenergy investments
Experiences in farm-size biogas production: Mr. Hannu Koivunen - Farmer and biogas producer

18 - 19 September 2018 Study trip and workshop in Northern Satakunta region

AGENDA

SEMINAR PRESENTATIONS:

AD ELO Portugal

Biodynimic Farm in Spello Italy

Biogas and Nutrient Recycling Prizztech Finland

Circular Economy in Waste Management VUS Italy

City of Kankaanpää Finland